DC fast charging stations are becoming more common with the increased adoption of electric vehicles. Charging stations are a vital part of the infrastructure along major highways and populated suburbs, ensuring that electric vehicles have a place to charge during long-distance travel and day-to-day driving. These systems are often comprised of multiple 25kW to 75kW modules to create fast charging ...

As vehicles continue to integrate electronic control unit (ECU) networks for cutting-edge functionality, the automotive central gateway controller plays a central role in bridging and managing the transfer of data across various protocols (e.g. CAN, FlexRay, LIN, Ethernet, and ISO-9141). The central gateway achieves physical isolation between ECU networks, as well as portability between protocols ...

Portable media players — such as DVD/Blu-Ray players, MP3 players, and more — are a popular market that requires high-quality audio and video playback combined with a convenient user interface. Consumers have come to expect long battery life, and a broad range of input and connectivity options as part of a satisfying portable media experience. Visual displays are trending toward increasingly high ...

Client SSDs are growing in popularity for consumer data storage as an alternative to HDDs. Memory & Storage Solutions A quality SSD must offer low power consumption and high power density with excellent thermal management and overall energy efficiency. In addition, growing consumer expectations demand improved speed and performance at a lower cost and smaller s...

Set-top boxes (STBs) and similar devices receive and output signals from a variety of input sources to TVs. As entertainment technology becomes progressively smarter, as well as more compact and efficient, providers are tasked with delivering long-term reliability and low power consumption in a user-friendly, cost-effective design. The recent surge of smart devices and ever-increasing consumer exp...

Flat-panel TVs, including technologies such as 4K, 8K, LCD, and OLED, are a massive consumer market. The popularization of cloud-based streaming services and smart devices have made the design requirements for these TVs more challenging than ever. Customers expect high resolution and brightness displays with exceptional audio quality and a variety of input and interface capabilities — all while ma...

Wireless connectivity is at the heart of most modern technology, and the need for strong, secure wireless performance is only growing with IoT and the popularity of smart devices. Wireless access point systems can be separate from or part of switches and routers, and are what enable WiFi devices to connect to a wireless network, which ultimately links to a wired access point such as Ethernet. Thes...

Security cameras have become an integral part of a connected smart home network.Ever-growing user expectations and increasing concern about both digital and physical threats mean new security cameras must offer more advanced features and higher integration than ever. In addition to energy efficiency, affordability, and low power consumption, todays advanced features include:- High-resolution imagi...

Wireless connectivity is at the heart of most modern technology, and the need for strong, secure wireless performance is only growing with IoT and the popularity of smart devices. Wireless data access cards, module systems, and NIC cards/LAN adapters must offer reliable performance and support the latest protocols to provide easy internet access for end consumers. These devices can offer a variety...

Multi-function printers typically offer printing, scanning, copying, and sometimes more features within one consumer device. Both inkjet and laser printers are incorporating more features, easier wireless connectivity, and smoother user interfaces into new designs. These all-in-one printers must be able to quickly print or image high-quality renditions of documents or photos, and energy-saving tre...